diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 553e300d..93681698 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 siphasher = "0.3"
 syslog = "4.0"
-tokio = { version = "1.0", features = [ "fs", "io-util", "io-std", "macros", "net", "parking_lot", "process", "rt", "rt-multi-thread", "signal", "time" ] }
+tokio = { version = "1.6", features = [ "fs", "io-util", "io-std", "macros", "net", "parking_lot", "process", "rt", "rt-multi-thread", "signal", "time" ] }
 tokio-openssl = "0.6.1"
 tokio-stream = "0.1.0"
 tokio-util = { version = "0.6", features = [ "codec", "io" ] }
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 468dd4e1..5bf595b4 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -58,18 +58,18 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11),
  librust-siphasher-0.3+default-dev,
  librust-syslog-4+default-dev,
  librust-thiserror-1+default-dev,
- librust-tokio-1+default-dev,
- librust-tokio-1+fs-dev,
- librust-tokio-1+io-std-dev,
- librust-tokio-1+io-util-dev,
- librust-tokio-1+macros-dev,
- librust-tokio-1+net-dev,
- librust-tokio-1+parking-lot-dev,
- librust-tokio-1+process-dev,
- librust-tokio-1+rt-dev,
- librust-tokio-1+rt-multi-thread-dev,
- librust-tokio-1+signal-dev,
- librust-tokio-1+time-dev,
+ librust-tokio-1+default-dev (>= 1.6-~~),
+ librust-tokio-1+fs-dev (>= 1.6-~~),
+ librust-tokio-1+io-std-dev (>= 1.6-~~),
+ librust-tokio-1+io-util-dev (>= 1.6-~~),
+ librust-tokio-1+macros-dev (>= 1.6-~~),
+ librust-tokio-1+net-dev (>= 1.6-~~),
+ librust-tokio-1+parking-lot-dev (>= 1.6-~~),
+ librust-tokio-1+process-dev (>= 1.6-~~),
+ librust-tokio-1+rt-dev (>= 1.6-~~),
+ librust-tokio-1+rt-multi-thread-dev (>= 1.6-~~),
+ librust-tokio-1+signal-dev (>= 1.6-~~),
+ librust-tokio-1+time-dev (>= 1.6-~~),
  librust-tokio-openssl-0.6+default-dev (>= 0.6.1-~~),
  librust-tokio-stream-0.1+default-dev,
  librust-tokio-util-0.6+codec-dev,